Labyrinth Restaurant

Takeaway food is hot in Labyrinth City now!

"Come on, man! It's grilled rice with BBQ!

"It's a delicious, belly-fried egg and bacon sandwich!

"Husband there, how about a burger because I'll keep it cheap?

Apart from the fact that the Demon King, who is not willing to sell at all, still publishes recipes for rare dishes in this world (inexpensive in stores and available for purchase), and because rare ingredients are also normally available in labyrinth cities in the human world, there are now a variety of restaurants in this city, from decent storefront restaurants to dew-store stalls.

Among other things, the aim is to deal with take-home dishes that are in high demand by the many pedestrians and adventurers in this city, in addition to being relatively easy to make. Besides making rice balls, sandwiches, etc. relatively easily, initial investment to start a business is cheaper because you don't need big equipment.

Voices of discounts and shopping are still flying here and there.

"Sounds delicious, just wrap ten of them up"

"Hey, every time!

"There it is. There's a grip!

"Damn because this grilled rice is salmon!!"

"Big deal."

Most dishes will be sunny for about a day or two, if not midsummer, so there are as many people buying in when they leave for other cities, and adventurers who use the facility called Dungeon Shop may buy it as lunch.

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A pair of adventurers from Alan, Dan, Eliza and May, also regular at the Demon King's Restaurant, were doing a pre-departure luggage check in front of the entrance to the labyrinth city. I'm getting a request from a pedestrian traveling to the next city for an escort scheduled for two days a way, and I'm about to rendezvous with my client and leave.

"Guys, you ready?

"Whoa!"

"Yeah, it's okay."

"Yes ~"

What we have is weapons, protective equipment, medicines for times of need, clean cloths and changing underwear, some convenient rope and writing equipment, and most importantly, water and food. When it comes to meals from the journey not long ago, meats, fruits, and what kind of less moisture menu dried into the bread of the kachikachi, which is only gained for its longevity, were given a wide margin, but these days some of the aforementioned changes in the food situation have made it possible to eat quite a bit of delicious food on the journey.

Those who are low in moisture are also prepared in case of a time of need, but in any case it would be a trip and it would be a matter of humanity wanting to eat delicious food.

The meeting time was about fifteen minutes away, and Alan and the others, who were here early just in case, were having a time-slapping chat. This topic is about the lunch Eliza has been purchasing before she left.

"I had my day filled at the Demon King's."

The six cardboard boxes in your hand look pretty heavy because they contain a good lunch box for four. It is made of water resistant oil paper, albeit cardboard boxes, so you don't have to worry about leaking cooking juice unless you swing or accidentally squash it. Whatever's in it that interests you.

It's called "Inari."

When you open one of the boxes, you'll find twenty mouldy sushi inside, and a ginger sweet vinegar pickle (galli) to rest your mouth at the end. I'm going to eat it in several portions, and what a total of six boxes, one hundred and twenty I've bought.

"There are two colors available ~?"

"Yeah, it tastes different because it's dark and light."

"Well, that bothers me."

There were two kinds of sushi: dark, black, and relatively light.

"Sounds delicious, give it a taste..."

Dan tried to reach out, calling it a taste, but Eliza, who was prefetching it, would simply close the lid on the carton and block the stuffing.

"I'm still keeping it. Enjoyment Until Break"

"Oh, I can't help it."

If one of us eats here, it's obvious that the other three will start eating too in a disintegrating fashion. It's obvious you'll have trouble later if you consume faster than planned that way. Anyway, I actually have a history of trouble doing that, so I know it by staining myself.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, are you Alan the Adventurer?

"Yes, I've been expecting you"

Just on time for the rendezvous, a client's merchant showed up. I'm a middle-aged man of just the right width. Are you making a lot of money, pulling a pretty big carriage for a single pedestrian to have.

First we presented each other with a requisition with the Adventurer Guild stamp to make sure there was no problem. I impersonated an adventurer. This kind of identification is important in requests for escorts, because it's not necessarily that thieves don't switch to robbers early away from the city.

Then let's get out of here. It's time for money.

The dates to the neighborhood are usually less than three days if you take it easy, but this time it's a forcible army in two days. Few merchants are somewhat unscrupulous because moving fast will increase their profits that much. This is how my client hires escorts. I can still say the cautious category.

The goods were loaded in bulk in the carriage, but there was some free space, so the Alans were also allowed to place their non-armed luggage, and work started somewhat early on foot.

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Even when it came to escorts, it was a peaceful thing on the road. The guard-like job is to the extent that I only saw a bunch of wolves once, so I shouted and threatened to get rid of them. It's a beautiful meadow around now, and you can see thin and other travelers in the distance. You won't even have to worry about bandits if this happens.

"That's a good pace, we're going to get there sooner than planned."

It's springy, pompous and cheerful, and the wind is mild, so it doesn't seem to worry about the weather breaking down. It just seemed comfortable walking and naturally paced even though I wasn't going to be forced to.

"Time to put in a break"

My client has offered me a break where there is a beautiful river along the road. I left early in the morning and now it's after noon. I drank water from the water bottle along the way, but it's time to get hungry. The Alans have also decided to take a break according to the client's intentions.

Then I'll get it.

"I've been waiting!

I said no to the client who was giving the horse a drink of water and took out the lunchbox Eliza was putting in the carriage. There's no need for Dan to cheer unexpectedly. Anyway, this is the break I've been waiting for. While all four of us were vigilant around us, we couldn't help but be concerned about the lunch loaded in the carriage the whole time.

"Is that just the name Inarizushi?

"Looks delicious ~"

When I opened the carton, I wanted to get in just as tightly as I did when I saw it in the morning. Sushi peeked into my face. To the left and right of the box, there is a split black dark coloured object with the same fox coloured object as a regular fried dish.

"" "I'll have it" "

The four of them washed their hands with river water and then sat on a soft meadow trying to enclose their lunchboxes and started eating at the same time.

"Are these vegetables? Yeah, yummy."

First Alan, who took a bite of the lighter sushi, told him to check the contents. Among the lighter colored are vegetables such as finely carroted, sayaingen, vinegar-pickled lencon and dried shiitake boiled back in water. Other than that, it also contains stir-fried white sesame seeds, and the fragrant flavors of sesame seeds add to the vegetable's crisp teeth and appetite.

"It's sweet even though it's a comedy dish ~"

May, who likes sweets, just took a bite and seems to like sushi. Chewing sweet fries stains the juicy, sweet flavor, and that's what goes with lots of vinegar rice and batsugun in the contents.

The rice itself is a familiar ingredient for the Demon King because he has eaten it many times in his restaurant, but it had been transformed into an unknown flavour by combining it with sweet-boiled and flavour-stained fried fries.

"Whoa, this black guy's got meat in him."

Dan reached out to the black-looking one. It's sushi. Among them was a mixture of the so-called boiled beef gestures, where the lean beef was boiled in soy sauce flavours along with ginger and sugar. Furthermore, this fried oil is boiled in rich brown sugar rather than white sugar, so the overall taste is quite slight compared to that of vegetables.

"This spicy thing is in the meat."

This black sushi noodle tastes so intense that it's likely to get bored soon, but the grain peppers mixed in the rice make you forget your persistence with a tingling, refreshing stimulation. It also goes well with the sweet and sour taste of the gullies in the corner of the lunchbox, making you feel like you could eat as many as you want.

The four of them went on to reach for the other one when they had finished eating the first bite of sushi. When I finished eating that too, I reached out to the other side again, and then again the same way… and if there was nothing like this, I might have done the same thing all the time.

"Oh, Alan, please fold in..."

Was it because the four of them were eating too deliciously, and my client's man had spoken out as a snack?

"That sounds delicious. Could you just split it up for a second?

The sound of drinks of sawdust and bumps echoed. The client's eyes are nailed to his lunchbox and he still looks like he's going to drool. In this request, the client and the escort are each contracted to prepare their own food, so if we want to say no, we can also say no.

"Fine, let's eat together"

Alan, the party leader, put out a light O.K. without reluctance. The other three don't seem particularly dissatisfied. Sometimes I don't want to create a useless mess with my client about this because I still have to keep escorting him for at least a whole day after this.

"Delicious food tastes better when eaten in large numbers."

That was the primary reason.

The four Alans were the first guests of the Demon King's Restaurant, and because they have been passing as regular ever since, their appetite was only going to make up a large part of the criteria for judging things.

These days, there are even fussies who do adventurers to eat delicious food, not common reasons like wanting to be strong or make a lot of money.

But due to a clear sense of purpose and high motivation, my strength as an adventurer has grown steadily here lately.

Since the relocation of the hub of activity to the labyrinth city, even when not requested, the growth rate also increases because it is heating up voluntary training at the Alliance co-located training ground for the reason that it is' to be hungry and eat rice deliciously '. It's a big deal because by this time a year ago, it was about a "young man of expectation” position, and now it's also being glanced at by peers as being about a "step out of the middle" position.

"Come on, let's eat more"

"Shall I open another box?"

"Will you make tea anyway?"

I'm in a picnic mood when I say I'm at work, but my client wants to have it in both hands and seems too busy eating sushi to care about their job attitude.

In the end, they emptied three boxes as early as possible on this occasion. On top of that, I was flushed into the air on the stumbling block, and because I was relaxing and drinking my after-dinner tea, I completely lost all the time I earned in the morning.

But I have no regrets whatsoever for them. Their meaty brain miso is full of stuff about the next meal as soon as possible, so there's no extra free space to regret it either. You might want to reflect, not regret it, but unfortunately no one was here to point that out.

"Come on, let's hurry"

It also goes at a higher pace than it did before the break in order to get the delay back. At this minute, you'll be reasonably hungry again at dinner.